Just a few centuries ago, the pride of the Russian beauty was a healthy, magnificent, long well-groomed braid. At first glance, little has changed since then - the girls still pay great attention to their braids. However, the difference between modern girls and their distant ancestors is enormous: in the old days, girls only had to wash their hair in the river and braid it in a tight braid, and she became the first beauty.
The modern girl needs to spend more than one hour in the salonto give the curls an attractive look, and then also choose the tactics of quality care for them. Every day, strands of girls are exposed to simply unimaginable loads: dyeing with caustic dyes, drying with a hot hairdryer, styling and curling, fixing them with varnishes, mousses and foams - all this spoils the hairdo, turns it into a lifeless bast. Fortunately, powerful and high-quality professional products are available in modern cosmetic stores that can facilitate hair care and restore their beautiful appearance.
Advantages and disadvantages
Any hair oil, whether professional or not, is a tool designed to improve the appearance of the hair. No matter what manufacturers write on labels, no matter what they promise in their advertising, this cosmetology product alone cannot cure damaged hair, restore it, make it thicker or improve its structure.
Hair oils are a great way to maintain the health of curls. These products do not penetrate the structure of the hair, they just envelop them, but this is enough to significantly reduce the cross section of the tips.At the initial stage of the hair section, their structure is violated, the bristles are split off on the hairs, which over time will more and more separate from the hair and destroy it into several parts. Oils envelop each hair and smooth the bristles. The same process leads to the fact that the hair becomes dull and brittle, but cosmetics of this type gives the curls shine.
Hair oils are an excellent means of protecting them from external irritants: they significantly alleviate stress from using ploes, hair dryers and stylers, protect from frost and the scorching sun, creases from tight elastic bands and hairpins - all this is achieved due to the fact that the oil becomes as if protective a barrier on the hair.
High-quality oil will help increase the gap between haircuts. If you start applying the oil immediately after the haircut, it will help maintain the state of the “fresh” cut for a long time, so the next haircut may be needed quite soon.
In addition, such cosmetics can independently align slightly curly curlseliminating the need for exposure to a hot styler. It is worth considering that oils significantly weight the hair. Hair styling will look good, but on thin hair, perhaps not too voluminous. In addition, the active use of oils necessitates a more frequent washing of hair, as they become noticeably faster oily.
As a rule, silicones are the basis for such products. This synthetic component can significantly improve the appearance of the hair, but it is addictive, and at the same time dependent on similar products. It is often very difficult to refuse it after several months of use.
Rating of the best brands
The number of professional care oils is unimaginably large today, and new products are still very active. It is extremely difficult to make any more or less adequate rating of the best of them, because in such a situation, what is relevant today may become completely inappropriate tomorrow. However, judging by the popularity of some products by professional hairdressers and the fact that their customers are trying to purchase these products, we can conclude that some brands will continue to trend for some time to come.
The most popular among professionals is the products of the Estel Professional brand. Her assortment has an unimaginable variety of oils, however, the Curex line attracts special attention of masters. The funds of this line are based not on the usual silicones, but on their follower - siloxane. This chemical product has a much lighter structure, is better perceived by the hair and is not addictive. The main oil contained in the products of this line is argan. It is remarkably absorbed, has a light structure, envelops hairs well, protects them from high temperatures. These oils also make combing your hair much easier and make them silky and pleasant to the touch. For a jar of such oil you will have to pay from 1,500 to 3,000 rubles.
You can easily meet L'Oreal Professional products in the cabin. In the collection of this brand, there are about 15 types of professional hair oils. This year's new product is a flickering oil. The product is based on a high-quality silicone base and a mixture of sesame, magnolia and almond oils. This product is especially loved by stylists for its reflective properties. Thanks to this feature, a sensation of a light flickering glow of hair is created.
Any haircut, styling, hairstyle after applying this oil looks much more spectacular, lighter, airier, which means customers like it better. In addition, this product does not make the hair heavier and does not accelerate its pollution. This oil has good protective properties against exposure to sunlight.The funds of this brand are patented and unique, and therefore quite expensive. For a bottle of oil L'Oreal Professional will have to pay about 1500-2000 rubles.
Good reviews from stylists also use products of the Londa professional brand. Cosmetics of this brand are somewhat cheaper, a bottle of oil will cost 600-1000 rubles. The quality of this product is quite high, which is why it is recognized as professional. Experienced hairdressers call this year's trend oil based on musk and velvet sandalwood bark. This oil protects the hair better than others during styling, while it does not make the hair heavier, gives it a gloss and a silky feel. This oil has a high absorption rate in the hair, which makes it especially convenient for home use.
Israeli Moroccanoil cosmetics are not very common in Russia. It is supplied by several distributors, however, it is quickly becoming popular with professional craftsmen and is expanding the list of popular products of this type. The products of this brand are excellent for hair coloring. Masters add this oil to the paint, since the color of such a composition lasts longer on the hair, the colors look more saturated and vibrant.
This oil has its own pigment, which gives the hair a light golden glow. He lays down on hair of any shades and keeps on them throughout the day. Such a tool on average costs 600 rubles, but there are miniature bottles that are designed for travel. Such a bottle will cost about 200 rubles.
The closest to a professional remedy from the mass market is Pantin Pro-V Vitamin E oil. It is considered to be “dry” because it has the lightest structure and after applying it, the hair practically does not need to be dried. Externally, the use of this tool is almost imperceptible, however, it has very strong protective properties. This oil is great for use before creating complex, intricate hairstyles that need long-term exposure to high temperatures. The cost of such a product will be approximately 300 rubles.
Selection tips
Despite the fact that in cosmetic stores there is a huge selection of professional oils and mass market products, it is very difficult to choose a really suitable product. In order not to get lost in the huge mass of cosmetics and not to make a mistake with the choice, it is necessary to clearly see the “symptoms” that need to be eliminated, and to study the composition of the selected products. Different oils act differently, so you need to clearly understand the effect of which one is necessary.
Dry skin and dandruff often accompany each other. Hair with such problems is often brittle, subject to cross-section. With such a problem, products containing flax oil are best suited. Means that are based on a little flaxseed is the most popular product on the market for cosmetics for hair care. This oil is considered universal and is suitable for all types of hair. Flax pharmacy oil is recommended even for advanced skin diseases such as seborrheic dermatitis.
Brittle hair damaged by a hot hairdryer and stylers, frequent dyeing, and the use of varnishes need additional care. Means based on castor oil perfectly protect hair from harmful effects, add shine to dull hair due to dyeing or bleaching. Such products greatly facilitate combing of the hair, so that the hair falls out less and is less injured.
Very loose and sparse hair is often very difficult to grow. In such a situation, funds that contain large amounts of burdock oil are suitable. Such products are perhaps the only oily hair cosmetics for which contact with the scalp is not only acceptable, but also beneficial.This oil stimulates blood flow and metabolism in the skin, which stimulates hair growth. Burdock is not enough - this is the best protection against weather manifestations, whether it be the scorching sun or burning frost.
Means, which contain avocado oil, coconut oil - these are the means shown as preventative measures. They have many useful qualities: they protect the hair, give it shine, but their benefit will be slightly less than the benefit of the above oils.
Application subtleties
Hair oils are divided into two types: washable, which are available in regular bottles, and indelible, which are sold as sprays. Their effectiveness is the same, but the methods of application are different. Washable oil products are used as masks. Such funds are applied to the hair, often in a warm form, aged for some time and washed off. Applying washable oils is not a daily procedure. Most often, only one application per week is needed. After applying this product, you need to re-wash your hair with shampoo. Leave-in products are applied to dry or damp hair before styling. Such funds are used as needed, their use is acceptable daily.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that oils should be applied exclusively to the hair. Getting on the skin, they clog pores and stop air from entering under the skin, thereby depleting the hair roots and causing them to fall out. It is important to apply oil from approximately the middle of the hair and distribute it to the ends, since somewhere from their center, as a rule, problems begin to arise, for the solution of which oils are needed. Do not apply oils too close to the root - their oily structure leads to spreading through the hair, so they will spread for some time and up the hair.
It is very important to choose the right dosage so that the hair does not turn into fatty icicles. To do this, it is better to conduct a trial application of oil on a day off, so that you do not have to urgently wash your hair before going to work, study or an important meeting.
Reviews
Customer reviews about hair oils are very different: for some, these funds were very good, but for someone they did not fit. Some brands have more positive reviews than others. For example, Estel brand products have much more positive reviews than Pantin Pro-V products, however, due to their low cost, the products of the latter have a large audience of consumers.
In general, this type of cosmetic, such as hair care oil, is in great demand and has many positive reviews. Moreover, there is an opinion that a good oil can replace the procedure for laminating or Botox hair. The use of oils can help grow long and healthy curls. This opinion is approved and confirmed by experienced hairdressers.
Overview and features of professional hair oils, see below.